Curling-iron



(N0 Model.)

N. BERRYMAN.

CURLING IRON.-

Patented 066. 13, 1896.

Inventor.

Attorney.

Horn-umwasmucwcm n c NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NANNIE BERRYMAN, OF BUECHEL, KENTUCKY.

CURLlNG-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,536, dated October 13, 1896.

Application filed June 10,1896. Serial No. 594,975. (No model.)

0 all whom it Hwy concern:

Be it known that I, NANNIE BERRYMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buechel, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curling-Irons; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to curling-irons for ladies toilet use, and the'object is to provide a simple device of this kind for curling the hair without soiling or burning the hands or hair; and to this end the novelty consists in the construction,combination,and arrangement of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings the same letters of reference indicate like parts of the invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved curling-iron with the heater-bar inserted. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the heater-bar extended for the purpose of heating it in a flame. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of my improved curling-iron, and Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line :0 5c of Fig. 1.

The curling-iron proper is of the ordinary construction and will be readily understood from the drawings. The concave jaw A fits snugly against the outside of the cylindrical jaw B, and said jaw B is formed with a longitudinal slot 1), which forms a guide for a setscrew 0, secured to the heater-bar O, which slides freely in the cylindrical j aw l3,and when theiron is tilted downward prevents the bar 0 from slipping entirely out.

In operation the curling-iron is tilted downward until the heaterbar 0 slides out to nearly its full length, as shown in Fig. 2. It

is then heated in any convenient manner, and by tilting it upward the heated bar 0 slides back and the head of the screw catches under the spring E, which retains the heated bar in the cylinder during the operation of curling the hair.

The spring E is permanently secured to cylindrical jaw 13 by a rivet, and its free end is formed with a semicircular retaining-recess e, which engages the semicircular head of the screw 0, and when the heater-bar O is in the position shown in Fig. 2 by tilting the iron vertically the heater-bar slides back in the cylindrical jaw B and the head of the screw strikes the flaring end 6 of the spring E, slipping under it and engaging in the semicircular recess 6 in the spring.

The device is extremely simple, neat, clean, and convenient, and is fullyv adapted to the purposes for which it is intended.

I am aware that curling-irons in which the cylindrical jaw is provided with a sliding heater-bar have been used, and such I do not broadly claim.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,

As an improved article of manufacture, a curlingiron comprising the cylindrical j aw B, having the guide-slot b and the spring E rigidly secured at one end to the jaw B, and formed with the semicircular retaining-recess e and flaring end 6, in combination with the sliding heater-bar 0, provided with the setscrew c,substantia1ly as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NANN IE BERRYMAN.

Witnesses:

SAM. CLEAVER, Zoom STIvERs, 

